Wednesday, October 5, 2016

The Vice Presidential Debate

Yesterday I didn’t have Irish class, because my other
classmate was unable to attend, so I went home and watched the Vice
Presidential debate with Travalon. It can be summed up like this:

“Why do you support a presidential candidate who has said
such-and-such terrible thing?”

“My candidate never said that. [Which is untrue.] And your
candidate has let the world get to be the horrible mess it is today.”

Repeat ad infinitum.

I am not sure this debate would change anyone’s vote, but it
does seem like an interesting strategy to deny someone has said something in
this modern era of videos and Twitter feeds, when anyone can go back and find that the person did
in fact make the statement in question. This campaign has seemed so surreal
like that, people just denying that reality has happened. Of course, maybe lots
of people will be in denial the day after Election Day! Everyone is so
polarized right now that half the country is going to be miserable no matter
what, unless we can all agree on some third-party candidate. Why do we only get
two choices in our elections, anyway? You would think we could have more of a
choice than that. As someone who doesn’t agree with either party, I would
definitely love more choices!

About Me

I am a third-hand gift, a straw hat with a wide brim. I used to have natural and navy stripes, but after much time in the sun, the navy ones have faded to a sort of chocolatey tone. The big blue flower around the brim was my wearer's own touch.